Yes Than Zero - Gossip Girl

Gossip Girl is back! Oh joy!

I must admit, though I’ve been a loyal CHAIR fan since the very first episode, I am in danger of getting swept off my feet by the dashing Prince Louis.

And the DAIR storyline, which I was so opposed to at first, is growing on me. A Blair + Dan pairing is not so unlikely when you think about it. They are a perfect match in intellect and verve. We should’ve seen this coming, really. Since episode one, their banters have been the best and the most interesting and everyone else’s pales in comparison.      

I’ve all but lost all love for Chuck. The bad boy act is getting old. In the deepest recesses of the feminine heart, I think we all want someone who thinks the world of us, treat us like queens and have great conversations with. Intelligence, culture and perfect manners are a plus. So, really, Chuck who?   He needs to step it up in a big way for me to change my mind.

As for Nate and Serena, they could be written off the show and I wouldn’t even notice. I don’t understand why the writers are so bent on establishing Serena’s intellect. Do they think that if they drop The Beautiful and Damned (aka Serena’s favorite book) often enough that people are going to start believing that Serena reads?!

As much as I love Blair and hate anyone who thwarts her success, I’m very excited for Roxane Mesquida’s character, Beatrice Grimaldi, Blair’s nemesis, no doubt.

 

She looks a bit like Charlotte Casiraghi (the real “princess” of Monaco) and Kaya Scodelario.   

But of course the main reason why we all watch GG is for the fashion, right? Best looks from episode 1: Serena's working girl ensemble and Blair's Oscar dela Renta ball gown! 

When I grow up I want to be Tammi Taylor

I died a little when Friday Night Lights ended its run after five amazing seasons. I never thought I could love a high school football drama this much. But it really is one of the most brilliant TV shows ever created.

Fortunately for the many rabid FNL fans out there, plans are currently being drawn up for another Friday Night Lights movie that takes off from where the series ended. Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton will be reprising their roles as Coach Taylor and Mrs. Coach.

The show’s premise was based on H.G. Bissinger's non-fiction book of the same title, which chronicles Permian High's quest for state championship in the small football-obsessed west Texas town of Odessa.

It was adapted into film in 2004, which was really, really good, but since it was based on the real-life 1988 Permian Panthers football team, don't expect Tim Riggins (Taylor Kitsch) or Luke Gafferty (Matt Lauria) to make an appearance. It did have another beautiful male specimen: Garrett Hedlund. (third from left) Sigh.

Incidentally, Connie Britton played the really minor but memorable role of the coach's wife in the first movie too. She got to show off her acting chops in the TV series as Tammi Taylor, the best TV mom in history, y'all. Her words of wisdom, spoken with her charming Texas drawl, alone makes the show worth watching.

My best friend found the book for me at a bargain book bin. I cannot wait to start reading it. I just need to get some pressing work-stuff out of the way… Don’t you just hate how real life gets in the way of reading?